The company announced the DLC yesterday, and we got a few more tidbits about the content from producer Jun Takeuchi at Capcom's RE5 launch event in downtown San Francisco last night.

As we've already reported, Versus Mode brings two additional multiplayer game types to RE5: Slayer's Rule and Survivor's Rule. Slayer's Rule is similar to RE5's included Mercenaries Mode, in which the player tries to kill as many infected enemies as possible within a set time limit. Here though, up to four players can compete against one another to see who can rack up the most kills. Survivor's Rule is a deathmatch type game where up to four players (one-on-one or two-on-two) can fight each other using different characters.

We've learned that in order to use characters other than Chris and Sheva, however, you'll need to unlock them first in Merceneries Mode, which only becomes available after you beat the game. So you'll have a lot of work to do before you can open up the full range of characters in the multiplayer DLC pack.

Surviror's Rule will include respawns, but Capcom isn't talking yet about how that process will work, how long you'll have to wait after you die or what options players will have to set up their matches. We do know that playing through these two new modes will unlock new weapons for the main game, which is a cool addition. There are also new achievements and trophies included in the Versus Mode DLC pack, but Capcom isn't sharing specifics on those just yet.

The Resident Evil 5 Versus Mode add-on pack will sell for 400 Microsoft Points ($5) on Xbox Live and $4.99 on the PlayStation Network. There's no specific date set yet, but expect it to drop in the next few weeks.